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Sir2u

['Member']Joined: October 21, 2015 at 23:55Last active: February 24, 2026 at 17:221 discussions3577 comments
Location: Somewhen in time.

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The wonderor of why.

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“Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.
The smallest minds just talk about themselves”

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In: Artificial intelligence  — view comment
Sounds interesting, what do you think about them?
December 27, 2025 at 00:32
In: How to weigh an idea?  — view comment
How would this be applied, for instance, on the ideas of the birth of a star and the beginning of life? Taking both as ideas about reality based on re...
December 27, 2025 at 00:16
In: A Discussion About Hate and Love  — view comment
Walls are used as a weapon of force against people, and trees can be used to build them.
December 26, 2025 at 23:26
In: A Discussion About Hate and Love  — view comment
Trumps hate of Mexicans constructed a massive wall. My love of sunlight made me chop down 2 massive almond trees.
December 26, 2025 at 22:51
In: Merry Christmas and Good Luck!  — view comment
:rofl: :rofl: I left some up all year last year, just turned them on for a bit of fun when some friends came visiting.
December 26, 2025 at 22:48
In: A Discussion About Hate and Love  — view comment
I am a semi retired sociology and psychology introductory course high school teacher and I tried to teach basically the same thing. All three. It can ...
December 25, 2025 at 06:35
In: Merry Christmas and Good Luck!  — view comment
Feliz Navidad Javier. :wink: :party:
December 25, 2025 at 06:22
In: Merry Christmas and Good Luck!  — view comment
But we did not lose anything either, well maybe you are out a few Euros, so everything is the same. Happy Christmas to each and everyone of the member...
December 25, 2025 at 06:21
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
Yep, but it does not answer the question. Those are ways of defining gender, but non offer a method of proving a persons gender, Do we just except the...
November 30, 2025 at 00:20
In: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men. True or false?  — view comment
While I have not ready every single post in the thread, I have followed the main posters comments. I have a question, for anyone that cares to answer....
November 29, 2025 at 00:56
In: Progressivism and compassion  — view comment
For the majority of politicians, doubtful. Even if the all say they do it to improve the lives of the people, I don't think it is out of compassion.
November 28, 2025 at 16:33
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Reggae legend and actor Jimmy Cliff has died aged 81. R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff
November 24, 2025 at 15:46
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
After seeing the piece of shit deal trump is offering the Ukraine, I think that maybe he just wants to make up with putin so that he can march into Ve...
November 22, 2025 at 17:09
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
Ditto, what he said. :lol:
November 20, 2025 at 19:01
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
There is already a contingent of their ideological brothers there. Their motto is "Keep the people busy watching the side shows and they will not noti...
November 19, 2025 at 14:04
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
Everyone knows that, why he is doing it though is another question. That is one possible reason for doing it. But, just maybe he learned something fro...
November 19, 2025 at 03:11
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
Always a possibility I suppose, but I don't think that will work out for him. I would need a full scale invasion and take over of the country, not jus...
November 19, 2025 at 00:51
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I remember after moving to New Orleans as a kid,1965, I went into the Woolworth's on canal street and sat at the wrong counter. No one said anything b...
November 19, 2025 at 00:29
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
And failed miserable in his attempt to make a profit. But how do you think he is going to win anything when the tariffs he has against Venezuela, and ...
November 19, 2025 at 00:05
In: Ideological Evil  — view comment
If it is not your ideology, then you will probable never understand it. But it has been practiced since the beginning of human history. The only diffe...
November 18, 2025 at 23:56
In: Ideological Evil  — view comment
Ideologies in themselves cannot be evil. They are nothing more than a point of view. The actions that occur in the implementation of these ideologies ...
November 18, 2025 at 00:02
In: Trump's war in Venezuela? Or something?  — view comment
I live quite close to all of this and we are to a certain degree involved with the drug runners. Honduras' governments have long been accused of aidin...
November 17, 2025 at 20:06
In: Why do many people belive the appeal to tradition is some inviolable trump card?  — view comment
Having a tail is not a tradition. :rofl: By that standard, "Most people have five fingers" would mean that it is traditional to have five fingers inst...
October 27, 2025 at 22:44
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
We used it for kind of heavy wait latex paint and even industrial ship grade paints without problems, even pushing it up 20 or so feet. You could also...
October 27, 2025 at 14:34
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
some ideas for the future. We use to do something like this with plastic paint buckets to feed the spray gun up on a roof. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
October 26, 2025 at 19:45
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Been there, done that. Lots of fun if there are two of them. :grin:
October 26, 2025 at 01:29
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
Think of a spiders web, is there any part of it that is not connected to every other part of it? As memories are created there is a lot of information...
October 23, 2025 at 01:20
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
The processes of smelling and recognizing a scent or image would then be the unheard thought, a trigger or as you said "a mental event (presumably gro...
October 23, 2025 at 01:06
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
So what made you think of Ann (W2) in the first place?
October 22, 2025 at 17:14
In: Can a Thought Cause Another Thought?  — view comment
Do all thoughts have or need a cause? But first of all exactly what is a thought? Is it that voice we hear in our heard, or do we have unheard thought...
October 22, 2025 at 15:21
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Me: AI, Was you ever bit by a dead bee? AI: No, an AI cannot be bit by a dead bee, as it does not have a physical body. :rofl:
October 16, 2025 at 00:02
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Yeh, I noticed that. But I did not want to give the correct answer, "I bet I've been bit a hundred times that way", as I had only be bitten once.
October 15, 2025 at 23:59
In: name calling and Scrabble  — view comment
Names are just words, it is the use they are given that is offensive. It is funny to see how much of a difference there is between groups using the sa...
October 15, 2025 at 23:52
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Naw, bees sting, not bite. But I did get stung by a dead wasp when I was a little kid. Bloody thing got stuck in a rhubarb pie that was cooling in the...
October 15, 2025 at 23:24
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
There are two types of people in the world: those that remain seated so as to not disturb their cat, and murderers. Oh, and the third type of people a...
October 15, 2025 at 18:23
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Nope, I still think AI is a pain in the ass. It can and does still make mistakes, it makes it too easy for people to obtain information without them a...
October 15, 2025 at 18:19
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Truer words are seldom seen. And you should be proud to be a part of it. Just try to imagine what effect your profound writings are going to have on f...
October 14, 2025 at 18:23
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Which variety did you use? We have two basic types here, yellow and white, both get used in soups and stews and as you say are healthier that potatoes...
October 04, 2025 at 01:34
In: Child Trafficking Operation We Should All Do Something About  — view comment
Breathing air in the street is harmful, but until you can show the damage done by it, there is no actual harm been done. The possibility is always the...
September 20, 2025 at 18:22
In: Child Trafficking Operation We Should All Do Something About  — view comment
So you have done the checking, how many reports have you made and to whom have you done so? Being as there are so many possibilities to report this to...
September 17, 2025 at 23:29
In: Child Trafficking Operation We Should All Do Something About  — view comment
I did not ask about possible future or imaginary consequences, it says quite clearly in the question I asked "actual evidence" of suffering.
September 17, 2025 at 23:23
In: Child Trafficking Operation We Should All Do Something About  — view comment
Yep, that was the non-answer I got.
September 16, 2025 at 14:31
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
Could that possibly be because shoplifting is now so easy and almost always prosecuted? It is much easier apparently to just walk into a store and wal...
September 16, 2025 at 00:12
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
Is there any new society that is different? They all want what they think is best for themselves and care little for anyone else. Prejudice and partia...
September 15, 2025 at 15:56
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
Civilizations, societies and empires are not the same things. Many empires and societies have disappeared, but there are still a few places where you ...
September 14, 2025 at 23:54
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
I doubt it, they are getting cheaper all the time so there must be a lot of them around, and you can buy all of the piece on ebay and build your own. ...
September 14, 2025 at 23:44
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
Keep your fingers crossed.
September 14, 2025 at 02:26
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
https://ideogram.ai/t/explore search for: a cow with big red stains on it Not gory, but at least bloody looking.
September 12, 2025 at 23:54
In: The American Gun Control Debate  — view comment
Sorry to disillusion you about this, but the bad guys will always get weapons while weapons continue to exist. The UK does seem to be having a lot of ...
September 12, 2025 at 23:45
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Now you are giving an example of nitpicking. :lol:
August 23, 2025 at 02:16
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